Upper Macungie Zoners Approve Signs

January 13, 1989|by JOHN CLARK, The Morning Call

The Upper Macungie Zoning Board has approved requests for the erection of identification signs for two businesses and a homeowner's request for a waiver to the required side-yard distance between two properties.

Cloverleaf Inn at Routes 22 and 100 sought approval for two 56-square-foot identification signs and a directional marker. Representatives of the inn told the zoners Wednesday the signs are needed because the reconfiguration of the area's traffic pattern has eliminated direct access to the inn and has made it difficult to locate.

The zoners were told the two on-site 17-foot-high signs will give the motel the visibility needed for guests to locate it. Additionally, the Cloverleaf representatives said a directional marker is needed near Route 100, off Penn Drive, to reduce customer confusion about how to get to the motel.

Penn Drive is a service road that serves as a collector for traffic entering Route 100, which is being improved in coordination with the development of Interstate 78.

Because of the increasing requests for directional markers in that area, Bruce Wlazelek, zoning officer and building inspector, suggested that the zoners recommend to the township supervisors that a directional message board- type sign be established near Route 100 and the service roads that provide limited access to businesses affected by the changes in the traffic pattern.

The zoners accepted the suggestion and directed Wlazelek to make the recommendation to the supervisors.

For the second business appearing before the board, the zoners granted the request of Joshua Dale O. Grim for permission to erect two free-standing signs near his roadside produce stand on the north side of Schantz Road.